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  • My Journey Finding a Birding Community

    By Tori Varlack, K-12 Education Assistant

    I’m 10 years old, sitting at the breakfast table eating a muffin and a banana. Out of the corner of my eye, I see a flash of black. Suddenly I’m at the window positioned perfectly…

  • student with laptop
    Multimedia Inspired

    Flap to the Future is a great game to learn about evolution.

    BeastBox  makes  music by mixing wild animal with beatbox loops.

    Bird Song Hero helps students learn bird songs.

    Macaulay Library gives you access to a wide library of bird images.

    The Cornell…

  • student bat project
    Mount Arlington School’s Robotics Team Save the Bats

    Students from Mountain Arlington, NJ went head to head with opponent teams in the First Lego League Robotics program.

  • Monitoring Our Changing World Resources

    Resource, links,teaching slides and investigations for the “Monitoring our Changing World” curriculum.

  • Mission
    Mission

    We create innovative resources and deliver transformative trainings that empower educators to build young people’s science skills through nature, participatory science, and inquiry.

    We think that participatory science is an ideal way to engage learners in the kinds of authentic experiences required…

  • Melanie Furr
    Melanie Furr, Director of Education at Atlanta Audubon

    As Director of Education at Atlanta Audubon Society, Melanie develops and teaches numerous programs about birds for audiences of all ages and backgrounds. A former high school English teacher and BirdSleuth ambassador, she particularly enjoys working with educators to train…

  • Meet Women in STEM

    Here at the Lab, there are many women ornithologists who apply their unique skills and passion to their chosen field, be it conservation, citizen science, education, or field studies. We reached out to just a few of them to see…

  • Meet the Team

  • Kids in the garden holding up their hands.
    May 21 – Enhancing Schoolyard Habitats for Birds

    School gardens and habitat improvement projects provide the context for multidisciplinary lessons and offer a wonderful opportunity to engage students in hands-on, project-based learning. Students engaged in outdoor learning and school gardens are likely to experience academic, physical, emotional, social,…